About the Intensive School in "Laser, Plasma & Fusion" 2025
The 2nd Intensive School in Laser, Plasma & Fusion is held in Budva, Montenegro, and is co-organized by the Faculty of Science and Mathematics (https://www.ucg.ac.me/pmf) of the University of Montenegro and the COST Action CA21128 PROBONO "PROton BOron Nuclear fusion: from energy production to medical applicatiOns" (https://www.ca-probono.eu/).
The school offers exceptional scientific training to students of MSc and PhD level in Physics and related disciplines, who are interested in pursuing a career in the field of high power laser plasmas and particularly focusing on laser fusion. The school features plenary lectures and specialized talks presented by renowned scientists in the field complemented by practical activities. This year, the training session include introductory seminars and hands-on activities with laser-based expreriments and Geant4 simulations.
Topics
The school covers the following topics:
- Laser-matter interaction
- High-intense lasers
- Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
- Laser-driven particles acceleration
- Detectors and diagnostics for fusion research
- Introduction to fusion
- Pathways to Fusion energy
- Proton-Boron (pB) fusion concept
- pB fusion experiments & applications
Commitee
School Organizing Committee
- Gordana MEDIN (Chair)
- Ioannis FITILIS (Co-Chair)
- Katarzyna BATANI
- Mateusz REBARZ
- Dimitri BATANI
Trainers
The trainers of the school are:
| Fabio BELLONI | |
| Marco BORGHESI | |
| Fabricio CONSOLI | |
| Eric CORMIER | |
| Lorenzo GIUFFRIDA | |
| Martin JIRKA | |
| Gordana MEDIN | |
| Josef ONGENA | |
| John PASLEY | |
| Mateusz REBARZ | |
| Alberto SCIUTO | |
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